Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Maybe he is weak it would be hard if it's your first job and first time giving notice
I doubt it Odessa, I could be wrong but am sceptical there is anyone in the N.R.L interested in him atm. Whether that changes later iv no clue I just reckon with the manager he has, Moses would have been playing it up to try and get more for him, he's the master at it.
 
The one that has signed him dennis!!

I don't need to guess which team - I watch enough NRL and ESL to know he won't have trouble finding a suitor and a "fair" contract!

You can't even name the ESL team - so how do you know it has gone quiet??

At 77 you should have a better sense of reality!

PS - the ESL club was Leeds!!
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has gone quiet because nobody in the news has mentioned it again.

And you are telling me I dont know what I am talking about when I am quoting the News reports.

Who are you quoting.
You are guessing and thats fine, But aim your shit at the reporters that printed all this stuff if you want and get off my bloody back.
 
They came on the promise we would turn the corner as a club from top to bottom in 2023….that has not happened, we will get the spoon this year (despite all the preseason hype) and this is not lost on the players or mangers from other clubs….just calling it as it is
Only because we havnt improved in one area so far this year. Also because we have been hammered to injuries to our key personnel. Not because the club isn't improving. We gave our halves a pack to play behind and they've shown they can't get the job done. So we need new halves. Our pack would murder the pack we had running around last year, we've massively improved there. Our back are improving week to week so they need bolstering with a signing or two but are nowhere near as impotent as they were last year. We just need a half back to lead the team around and a few reliable depth signings. We are improving.
 
Negotiating to get any decent quality recruits is very difficult for struggling clubs such as Wests Tigers.
Need to offer well above the market value to get the player interested and also offer their club something of value in return for them to consider releasing their contracted player.
It’s likely Scott Fulton is realising it’s much tougher than he anticipated.
Was watching Sheens interview with Graham and he spoke about coming in 2003, the Tigers were rated as the least desired club to play at in the players pole. Said he had to find guys in firstgrade who couldn't hold down a spot and were playing in reserve grade aswell. Prince, Hodgeson, Richards, Elford. Exact same problem we have now problem is there just doesn't seem to be the same quality in the lower grades
 
Good. They can have him. He will get eaten alive by the dogs supporters.
They would have the same problem we have - neither Brooks ,Burton or Oloapu are organising halves. I think dogs would be looking for a half that complements Burton or Oloapu not one that plays a similar running game.
 
The Canberra Raiders want to avoid the Ben Hunt rumour mill unless the unhappy St George Illawarra Dragons halfback is genuine about his desire to seek a new start at another club outside of Queensland.

Hunt appears determined to leave the club with two-and-a-half years remaining on his NRL contract, despite the Dragons' best efforts to keep him against his will, denying his management's release request on Sunday.

Green Machine supporters are eager to see the Raiders throw their hat in the ring to fight for Hunt's signature should he depart the club.

Even though Canberra rates the Maroons star highly, and Hunt's camp are keeping their options open, the Raiders' hands are tied while he's still signed to the Red V until the end of 2025.

"We can't approach Ben's manager because he's got a contract," Raiders coach Ricky Stuart told The Canberra Times.

Until the Raiders' halves succession plan becomes clearer with five-eighth Jack Wighton's exit to Souths looming at the end of this season, the uncomfortable reality is Canberra will keep being mentioned as potential suitors for halves on the open market, along with other teams in need of a boost in that area.

If Hunt does leave the Dragons, it will ignite a chaotic round of musical chairs in the NRL following Luke Brooks' decision to depart Wests Tigers just over a week ago.

Other notable playmakers not locked in for next season include Shaun Johnson and Jaeman Salmon.

The Raiders would need to make an attractive offer to lure Hunt away from moving closer to family in Queensland, with the Gold Coast Titans best placed to snatch the 33-year-old from the Dragons.

Current Canberra No.7 Jamal Fogarty is currently signed until the end of next season, and back-up halves Brad Schneider, 22, and Matt Frawley, 28, could step up in place of Wighton, however, they are both off-contract after this year.

The club is still working out what the future looks like without Wighton. (DT)
rumour is from the other forum we might be looking at Brad Schneider
 
I agree, it’s also possible that WT know that Brooks has solid offers and responded with a demand for a decision by Sunday with their backhand low ball offer. Either way it certainly looks like Brooks has had enough of the immature petty politics from the board and is on his way.
I’m very much looking forward to watching an unshackled Luke Brooks at 7, regardless of the team he is in.
Why is it petty politics, he's been here for 11 years, everything the 5 coaches he's played under has been done in an attempt to get the best out of him to get the team firing. 11 years not a finals series, not an origin or an international appearance. This year his final excuse of never playing behind a decent pack has gone, we dominate loads of games and can't get the ball over the line. He looks like a chook without a head in the opp 20, after 11 years we should expect him to at least have an idea of what is required, he just doesn't. We offered him 500 - 600k roughly that's his value imo, for a half who hasn't achieved anything.
How much should we give him 1 million a season. The saddest indictment on Luke Brooks is that even if Brooks plays now, we'll do nothing cause after only 5 months Api has done what Brooks hasn't managed for 11 years. Taken over the team, led them around the park and become the leader we all hoped Brooks would become.
 
Aren’t we 3W 11L with Api? He hasn’t been able to overcome the shit either.
He's only been here for less than a season, give him a bit more time and a real halfback and that'll change real quick. Or we give Brooks another 11 years to try and run the team and hope the first 11 was just bad luck. I could totally understand if we were getting dominated every week like in past seasons then there's nothing Nrooks can do. But right across the park most weeks were holding our own now, I put Wakeham in the junk pile aswell. He's another handicap Api has to deal with.
 
Patience. You’ve bought the clubs dribble. Api will take his first opportunity to leave.
I agree, we should have sacked Pasco 5 years ago, the board are incompetent and Api might leave at the first chance. We aren't in the position atm to clean that mess up, what we can start to sort out now are our halves, Brooks isn't getting us to the promised land. We start fixing that then the other things one at a time. We might find guys more raw who require more time, but atheist were on the path of moving on.
 
On that we agree. I just don’t trust the “leaders” to get an upgrade. They can’t sign anyone.
Sheens hinted they were looking to SL for halves - players:
My list to start with;
Pommy SL Halfbacks (all young)
Jordan Abdull. Pom - 1/2
Lewis Dodd Pom 1/2, best all-round game of those below
Mikey Lewis Pom - 1/2, quick, elusive, off the cuff stuff
Harry Smith Pom - 1/2, organiser, good kicker under pressure

Morgan Smithies Wigan-lock – 22 years, (Nov. 2000) At 6ft1 (185cm) and 106 kgs
4 yr. contract from 2019 (ends 2023)
 
Why is it petty politics, he's been here for 11 years, everything the 5 coaches he's played under has been done in an attempt to get the best out of him to get the team firing. 11 years not a finals series, not an origin or an international appearance. This year his final excuse of never playing behind a decent pack has gone, we dominate loads of games and can't get the ball over the line. He looks like a chook without a head in the opp 20, after 11 years we should expect him to at least have an idea of what is required, he just doesn't. We offered him 500 - 600k roughly that's his value imo, for a half who hasn't achieved anything.
How much should we give him 1 million a season. The saddest indictment on Luke Brooks is that even if Brooks plays now, we'll do nothing cause after only 5 months Api has done what Brooks hasn't managed for 11 years. Taken over the team, led them around the park and become the leader we all hoped Brooks would become.
I agree, at times Brooks can look like a headless chook, but it’s illogical to blame the club’s failures on him alone.
If you watched the recent Storm game, the previous play or two before Twaly’s historical try, there was a classical example of why we’re not winning games. There was an entire team of headless chooks, we’ll all but one, Nofa could see we had numbers on the left and had to run cross field to get the ball there.
It’s always a new team with players not only distrusting each other, but also themselves.
But don’t let me spoil your fun having Brooks as your target 😂
 
It’s the number one reason good players leave. They take a glance around the dressing room and think, will I ever win here? Also the reason the bookies have us last at the start of most seasons - shite roster.

But blame the 7 (even though we’re even shitter when he’s out) 😂🤣
The 7 is a huge reason why sides struggle, if you have a half decent 7 with a half decent forward pack you should win more games than you lose. Brooks doesn't have the skill set or football IQ to win many games, that is a fact. He could have Penrith or the Rabbits forward pack and would still lose a shitload of games, his communication and short kicking game and pass selection is woeful, but keep defending him.
 
Brooks has just replaced Maguire as most likely
- because too soon to start on another coach although his window is looking shaky - and it is just as insane to blame one or the other for our position because both have been somewhat impacted by the decisions that have been made out of their control. Both could have done better for sure, but nothing has/ will change by removing either of them individually while the same people pulling the strings are not also held accountable.
 
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